Gaza
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- Samush0
as i write this i am in israel, albeit in a very safe area.
i have spoken to people in israel who are under threat of the rockets being fired from gaza. i have friends in the army who are fighting in gaza right now. i'd much prefer them not to have to be there but it is a necessary evil.i have read all the views and opinions on this thread and i understand what has been said. i am pro-peace and its awful that innocent people get caught in the cross-fire in conflict like this, i'd just like to share some facts with you that may help you understand the situation.
in the past 8 years hundreds of israeli civilians have been killed by suicide bombers and over 8,000 rockets have been fired into israel from the gaza strip. these rockets are fired into residential areas and, although not particularly accurate, are intended to kill innocent people.
israel's operations are retaliation for the rockets and suicide bombs, their aim is to weaken hammas and stop the rockets being fired into israel. basic self-defence.it is due hammas' consistent use of civilian shields that innocent people get killed. the mosque that got hit by an israel missile a few days ago contained hammas supplies and ammuntion. it is also known that hammas have a command post in the basement of the main hospital in gaza city.
hammas have said they have 300 women and children who are "prepared" to blow them-selves up to kill israeli soliders on the ground in gaza, these people are innocent and under the aggressive rule of hammas, they are forced to strap explosives to their chest. why else would the explosives be detonated remotely?!israel is providing humanitarian aid for the gaza strip all the time, it would be more than acceptable to expect egypt to help gazans but they don't want to, instead egyptian border control killed gazan civilan's a few days ago when they tried to cross the border into egypt- this is not widely reported in the media because it doesn't make good headlines.
israel has to defend its land and its people from constant threat from its arab neighbours. at the moment there are no problems with anyone apart from the current conflict in gaza.
i think it would be realistic to say the US and UK would retaliate with similar force if they were put under threat and attacked constantly like the vast majority of israel is on a daily basis.
just imagine if...
...your child couldn't go to school because their school is in range of a lethal rocket.
...suicide bombers walked into a shopping mall or got on a bus in your town and blew themselves up.
...your house or apartment had been damaged by a rocket.just a note: all new properties in israel must be built to include a safe room/bomb shelter
that is life in israel, if that had been happening to you for nearly a decade you'd be pretty fed-up by now and would be ready to do something about it.
i am not supporting violence, just trying to make sense of it, unfortunately their doesn't appear to be any straight-forward long-term peaceful solution.- hhmm, i don't want to trade places. But still using civilian shields, mosque and hospitals as your cover doesn't give israel the right to bomb those things. Sent your mossad people to kill the bad people and sabotage the rockets.keiTai
- the right to bomb the places. Use your mossad to kill the bad peoplekeiTai
- and sabotage the rockets
keiTai - btw wouldn't it be possible to create a rocketshield, so rockets can't reach israel?keiTai
- the rockets are home-made, making them very difficult to shield and "jam"Samush
- You can't shield from such small rockets. Radar can't pick out objects that small...IRNlun6